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  • 36-point Kundali match
  • for marriage
  • family welcome

Indian dating and matrimony app with Kundali matching

A few great introductions a day. Kundali-matched before you meet.

Bhava is a dating and matrimony app for people who want to marry, with Kundali matching (Guna Milan) built in. Every evening at 7, up to five people picked for you, each scored out of 36. Bhava opens city by city. Is yours open?

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  • Free · iPhone & Android
  • 18+ · for marriage
  • Photo-verified members
  • Parents get their own view
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Mum

Beta, nice profile. But did you match kundalis?

You

Already did. 28 out of 36.

Mum

Then why are you still texting me? Call them.

Why Bhava

Your family would check your kundalis anyway

Bhava checks first. Everyone you meet has already been scored on the eight checks families have used for generations, so you spend your time on people who could actually work, and the “but did you match?” conversation is already done.

Step by step

How Bhava works: from sign-up to your first conversation

Four steps. The first takes about five minutes.

  1. Step 1: Make your profile

    Sign in with Apple or Google, add photos and a few answers. Then your birth date, time and place: that’s your Kundali.

    Birth details stay private · never shown to anyone

  2. Step 2: Your Drop at 7 pm

    Every evening, five people picked for you, ranked by Kundali, distance and how active they are. Look at each one properly; then it ends until tomorrow.

    Five a night · seven with Plus

  3. Step 3: Like, match, talk

    Say yes to someone; if they say yes too, it’s a match. Chats come with prompts, a Kundali truth-or-myth game and all eight checks explained.

    No endless swiping

  4. Step 4: Bring family in (optional)

    Invite a parent or sibling. They see your matches and scores and leave you private notes, in their own calmer view.

    You decide who joins

New · Bhava Plus

Say Namaste in 7 seconds

Give them seven seconds of you.

On his card, in her DropSample profile
Stops by itself at 7 secondsChecked by a person

A 7-second video of you saying namaste: your name, your city, one thing you love. It plays on your card and your profile, muted with subtitles until they tap for sound. Every verified member is invited, men and women alike. Recording comes with Bhava Plus, and watching is free.

  • Checked by a person

    Someone on our team watches it beside your verified selfie before anyone sees it.

  • You choose who sees it

    The people in your Drop (the default), or only someone you’ve both said yes to. Delete it any time.

  • Never in a feed, can’t be downloaded

    It only plays inside the app, on your card and your profile. There’s no save or share button.

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The score

Every match gets a Kundali score out of 36

Eight Ashtakoota checks (also called Guna Milan), each worth a few points. Tap one to see what it looks at, then play with the points and watch the score move.

28 / 36

Strong. Most families would happily take this forward.

Sample pair to start.
8 points

Nadi

What it looks at

Every birth star belongs to one of three Nadis: Aadi, Madhya or Antya. Think of it as your body's constitution.

How the points work

Different Nadis score the full 8. The same Nadi scores 0, which is called Nadi dosha.

Why families care

Families weigh this most because it's traditionally linked to health and children. It's the heaviest check of all eight.

Try it

Different Nadis: full 8 points.

Zero on Nadi or Bhakoot? That’s a dosha. We always tell you, even when the total looks great. Bhava points out a Manglik mismatch as well: what Manglik dosha means.

What the total means

  • Under 18We never show them
  • 18–24Good match
  • 25–32Strong match
  • 33–36Excellent match

Want the long version, koota by koota? Read the full Ashtakoota guide · Try it with your own Kundali

How your Drop is made

No AI matchmaking

Matched by the stars, not by a machine.

Your Drop · every evening at 7
A North Indian Kundali chart inside a ring of 36 points, split into the eight kootas: Nadi 8, Bhakoot 7, Gana 6, Graha Maitri 5, Yoni 4, Tara 3, Vashya 2 and Varna 1.
Same inputs, same DropPhotos checked by a person

Every evening at 7, your Drop is built by a fixed set of rules our team wrote. Nobody under 18 of 36 ever gets through, and people within the distance you set come first. Then your Kundali score counts most, followed by things like distance, how complete a profile is and how recently someone was active. Same inputs, same Drop.

  • Your Kundali score decides

    Who you meet comes from a fixed ranking led by your 36-point score, within the distance you set. No AI model, no recommendation engine, nothing that learns from you.

  • A real person checks every photo verification

    Your pose selfie is compared with your profile photos by someone on our team, by eye.

  • Our team writes every question

    Opening lines, questions and the Kundali truth-or-myth game are written by us, not generated.

The one automated step: photos you upload go through Google’s image safety check, which screens out explicit content. It has nothing to do with who you’re matched with.

How your Drop is made →

The parents’ view

For parents: bring your family in, on your terms

Parents get their own view with bigger, easier type. Try it: you're Sunita, helping her son Arjun. Whatever you do shows up on his phone, privately, and only for him.

Sunita · Mum’s view

Namaste, SunitaHelping Arjun
Ananya’s strongest checks
Bhakoot 7/7Gana 6/6Maitri 5/5
Note for Arjun
only Arjun sees it

Arjun · his app

bhavaTonight’s Drop
Ananya, 27Pune · 28 of 36
Leave a note or suggest a rishta from Mum’s view. It appears here.

Only Arjun sees family notes. Ananya never does.

  • What family can doOnly the family you invite can see your matches and scores, check a rishta someone sent them, leave you private notes and suggest people.
  • What family can never doMessage anyone, pose as you, or read your chats. You decide who joins, and you can remove them any time.

Everything for parents: how to start, what stays private

Guides for parents: Being a parent on a matrimonial app: a 10-point guideA father’s first login: a guide for dads on Bhava

Know a family with a lovely son or daughter? Invite them to Bhava

  • Always yours to sendNothing is shared until you tap Share, and you pick who it goes to.
  • Never on anything you shareAnother person’s photos or contact details. A match card shows their first name, city, a few details and your score together.

Safety & privacy

Real people, and your details stay yours

  • Photo verification

    A quick selfie copying a pose we ask for, checked against your photos by our team. Verified members get a badge. The selfie is never shown on your profile.
  • 18

    18+ only

    Everyone must be 18 or older; we check your birth date at sign-up. Bhava is serious dating, made for people looking to marry.
  • Birth details private

    Your birth date, time and place are used to work out the score, and never shown to other members.
  • Report or block anyone

    From the menu on any profile or chat. Our team reviews every report, and reports stay confidential.
  • Family can’t see your chats

    Their view is your matches, scores and notes, nothing else. They can never message anyone.
  • Leave any time

    Pause your profile to hide from new Drops, or delete your account and data from Settings.

Free and Plus

Free to use. Plus if you want more.

Free

Everything you need to meet someone

  • Five introductions every evening
  • Full Kundali score and all eight checks
  • Likes, matches, and replies in chat
  • One family member in the family view
  • Photo verification
  • Watch Namaste in 7 videos

Bhava Plus

Weekly, monthly or yearly · price shown in the app · billed by the App Store or Google Play · cancel any time

  • Namaste in 7: seven seconds of you, on your cardNEW
  • Seven introductions every evening
  • See everyone who likes you
  • Send the first message in a new chat
  • Boost: shown first in more Drops for 7 days
  • Undo a “not for me”
  • Up to five family members
  • Share your profile PDF

Our story

Why I built Bhava

  • ProgrammingcreationBuilding what's in my head, to help others
  • FitnessdestructionFailure is a stepping stone, not the end
  • Astrologystudy of timeTime is where our karma plays out

I've always been drawn to three worlds.

The first was programming. I started young, and to me it was creation: an empty screen, an idea that lived only in my head, and a few hours later something real that other people could use. Code gave me the power to take what I imagined and turn it into something that helps others.

The second was fitness, and fitness was destruction. In the gym you break yourself down, rep by rep, so your body can rebuild stronger than it was. It taught me that failure isn't the end of anything. It's a stepping stone. Every rep you fail shows you exactly where you are, and what to work on next.

The third was astrology, the study of time. Time is the thread that runs through the other two: everything I've ever built, and everything I've broken down, happened inside it. Time is also where karma plays out. Whatever we do, good or bad, unfolds in time and comes back to us in time.

Creation, destruction and time. I never planned it, but I had been learning my own trinity.

Keep reading ↓

Building things taught me that creating something is only the beginning. An idea is born in a moment, in a flash of excitement. The real cost comes after: running it, keeping it alive through the days when nothing works, and looking after it long after the excitement has gone. That takes a lot out of you, mentally and physically. I've had many ideas over the years, and I've watched many of them fail. Every failure took something from me, and every one taught me something I couldn't have learned any other way.

Some of my hardest failures weren't at work. They were in relationships. I kept asking myself why things fall apart even when two people truly care about each other. That question is what led me to teach myself astrology. I didn't expect much. What I found was beautiful: a way of understanding two people, their temperaments, their minds, their families and their futures, that our ancestors refined over generations and trusted with one of the biggest decisions of their lives.

Can relationships still break? Of course they can. No chart, no score and no app can promise forever. Two people still have to show up for each other, every single day. But I came to believe that the paths our ancestors walked, tried and tested over centuries, still have a lot to teach us. We don't have to choose between following tradition blindly and leaving it behind. We can bring the best of it with us into the world we live in now.

That’s what Bhava is: the past and the present, moving into the future together.

Bhava is Kundali matching that families have trusted for generations, inside an app built for the way we meet today. Everyone you're introduced to has already been checked against your chart, and the score is explained in plain words, so you understand it instead of just being handed a number. If there's a dosha, we tell you, because honesty matters more than a nice score. You get a few thoughtful introductions each evening instead of an endless feed, because the right person deserves your full attention. And your family has a place in it, on your terms, because in our culture a marriage has always brought two families together, not just two people.

I built Bhava for anyone who has felt torn between the way their parents found each other and the way their friends meet today. You don't have to choose. You can find someone your stars agree with, bring your family along, and carry our traditions forward, for yourself and for the generations after you.

Our past and our present, building a beautiful future together. That's Bhava.

FAQ

Questions about Bhava and Kundali matching

What is Bhava?

Bhava is a dating and matrimony app with Kundali matching built in, for Indians who want to marry. Every evening at 7 you get a few introductions, up to five, each scored out of 36 on the eight Ashtakoota checks (Guna Milan). A chat opens only when you both say yes. Parents get their own view of your matches, on your terms. Bhava is free on iPhone and Android, and opens city by city.

What is Namaste in 7?

A 7-second video of you saying namaste: your name, your city and one thing you love. You record it in the app once your selfie is verified, and a person at Bhava checks it beside that selfie before anyone sees it. You choose who sees it: the people in your Drop (the default), or only someone you’ve both said yes to. It’s never in a feed and can’t be downloaded from the app. Recording comes with Bhava Plus, for men and women alike; watching is free. How Namaste in 7 works

Is Bhava a matrimony app or a dating app?

A matrimony app. It’s made for marriage: everyone is 18 or older, every introduction comes with a Kundali score, and the whole app is built around finding a life partner. If you’d call that serious dating, or dating for marriage, you’re in the right place. No endless swiping: a small Drop each evening, then real conversations. Dating or matrimony: the longer answer

How many gunas should match for marriage?

18 or more of 36 is the classic minimum. Bhava never puts anyone scoring under 18 of 36 in your Drop. Higher is better, but a 0 on Nadi or Bhakoot (a dosha) matters more than the total, so Bhava always flags it, even when the total looks great, and many families talk it over with a pandit.

What if I don’t know my exact birth time?

Use the time on your birth certificate, or ask your family. If you only know it roughly, use your best guess: most of the score comes from your Moon, which changes slowly through the day.

Is Kundali matching necessary? Do I need to believe in astrology?

No. On Bhava every introduction comes with its Kundali score, but how much weight you give it is up to you. Many people use the score the way their family would, as one signal among many. You still see photos, answers and everything else before you decide.

Does Bhava use AI to match people?

No AI picks your matches. Every introduction is scored on the 36-point Kundali system and chosen by fixed rules our team wrote. A real person checks every photo verification. Our team writes every question and opening line. The only automated step is a safety filter that screens uploaded photos for explicit content.

Who can see my profile and birth details?

Members in your Drop see your profile. Your birth date, time and place are only used to work out scores and are never shown to anyone.

What can my parents see?

Only family you invite can see anything: your matches and their scores, plus the notes they leave you. They can’t message anyone, pose as you or read your chats, and you can remove them any time.

Is Bhava for Indians in the US and abroad?

Yes. Bhava is for Indians everywhere: in India, and NRI families in the US, Canada, the UK, the Gulf and beyond. It opens city by city, so check your city and join its list on the cities page. Your Kundali is worked out from your date, time and place of birth, wherever that was.

How do I share my profile with my family?

In the app, on iPhone or Android, go to You, then Family. Under Your profile PDF, tap Preview to see your matrimonial profile, then Share to send it as a PDF (sending it comes with Plus). Or tap Or share as a photo to send the same introduction as one picture, free. To tell family about a match, use Share a match with family: the card shows your Kundali score and a few details, never their photos or contact details. You can also invite a parent to the parents’ view with a private code.

Is there an Android app?

Yes. Bhava is on Google Play for Android and on the App Store for iPhone: the same Drop, score and parents’ view on both. Bhava Plus is billed by the store on your phone, and the price is shown in the app.

How do I delete my account?

In the app: You › Settings (the gear) › Delete my account. It permanently removes your profile, photos, chats and account. If you only want a break, pause your profile instead.

Know someone who should be on Bhava?

A friend, a cousin, a friend’s son or daughter. Send an invite from your own WhatsApp. They sign up themselves and decide everything.

More options

Your first Drop lands tonight at 7